Wire tightener and splicer



Aprilfi 1926. 1,579,988

H A. H. WILCOX WIRE TIGHTENEIR AND SPLIGER Filed Nov. 25, 1921 Q g INyENTOR.

BY f, I 4

' ATTORN Patented Apr. 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS H. WILCOX, 0F BEAVER CITY, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLES '1. KEATH, OF BEAVER CITY, NEBRASKA.

WIRE TIGI-ITENER AIiTI) SPLICER.

Application filed November 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,686.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMOS H. VVrLoox, a resident of Beaver City, county of Furnas, State of Nebraska, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVire Tighteners and Splicers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a wire tightener and splicer, the object being to construct a device of this character whereby the broken ends of the-wire may be drawn together and held while the additional piece of wire is used to securely fasten the ends together.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device;

.Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view showing the manner of applying the devicefor use, and

Fig. 4 shows a similar view wherein the wires have been drawn together and securely fastened. v

, The stretcher preferably consists of bar 1 of sufficient length to provide ample leverage when in use. As indicated one end of the bar is fairly broad and preferably piv oted on one side thereof near the end is p the pivoted member 2 having secured there to a gripping device 3 capable of gripping one of the loose ends 5 of the broken wire. The numeral 6 indicates a companion member pivotally arranged on the same side of the bar on the member 2, but on the opposite edge, it likewise being provided with a gripping member 7 capable of gripping the other loose ends of the broken wire. The outer endof the bar 1 is provided with a hook 9 which is adapted to engage one of the broken wires when the bar is drawn into horizontal position thereby holding the device in this position in order that the necessary splicing may be made between the broken wire. As a convenient means for taking up the slack in the wires preparatory to finally securing them together, I preferably provide a set of auxiliary hooks 10-10 which are arrangedon the opposite side of the bar 1 uponthe pivots of the first mentioned set of hooks. Each of these auxiliary hooks is preferably of one piece being bent at the outer ends and notched as at 11 whereby they'are adapted to catch the wires regardless of the barbs of the wire to 1 vertical position and'the gripping hooks 1010 are attached to the wires to take up the slack. the gripping members 3 and 7 are attached to the wire and the final tightening thereof is efiect-ed. As illustrated in Figures 3 and 4, the gripping members on one edge of the bar 1 are placed inwardly quite a distance from the end of the bar 1 assuming an overlapping position relative to each other. The purpose of this is to have the grippingmemhers overlap when the bar is drawn into horizontal position as illustratedin Figure 4 wherein the ends of the wire are substantially aligned horizontally and brought together. In this position the hook 9 is attached to the vadjacent wire and an additional wire 10, is spliced to the ends of the broken wire thereby securely fastening the wires together after which the gripping members are detached and the device removed.

I claim:

A wire stretcher including a lever, a primary pair of gripping devices pivotally secured on one side of said lever, adjacent the edges thereof in staggered relation, pivotal means for said primary gripping devices arranged in staggered relation on said lever, said pivotal means extending through the lever to the opposite side thereof, and a secondary pair of gripping devices pivotally secured to said pivotal means on the opposite sideof the lever from the primary gripping devices, said primary gripping devices having notched, hooked ends for initially engaging and stretching the wire, and said secondary gripping. devices having hooked ends for secondarily receiving an tightening the stretched wire.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

AMOS H. WILCOX.

The bar 1 is then reversed and 

